Namibia’s junior athletes have put up some strong performances during the fourth day of completion at the Youth Olympic Games (YOG), which are currently underway in Nanjing, China.
Swimming ace Zanré Oberholzer started things off with a second place during her first heat in the 50-metre backstroke race with a time of 30.39 seconds. Unfortunately, she wasn’t quite fast enough to advance to the semi-finals.
Shortly thereafter, her team colleague Sonja Adelaar also made second place in her heat over 200-metre freestyle, but, like Oberholzer, her time wasn’t good enough to advance.
In other action, cyclist Tristan de Lange managed to secure a superb seventh place during the Olympic Cross Country race.
The 17-year old from Windhoek was a mere 3.30 minutes behind the eventual winner Jose Arevalo from Mexico.
De Lange had already underlined his good form when he made the quarter-final of the Cross Country Eliminator race on Sunday, while his partner Pascal Marggraff also showed some exceptional performance’s to date.